Comments on: Calling in Sick https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html a freelance writing resource. Fri, 02 May 2008 00:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: HEALTH NUT WANNABEE MOM https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html#comment-1164 Fri, 02 May 2008 00:56:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html/#comment-1164 I don’t like to call in sick and I agree on the stomach flu or migraines or of course if the kids are sick.

]]> By: Booktender https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html#comment-1163 Fri, 02 May 2008 00:52:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html/#comment-1163 D’oh! I always thought the saying was “my face hurts, is it killing you?”

Your way is way funnier

]]> By: Irreverent Freelancer https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html#comment-1162 Thu, 01 May 2008 22:43:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html/#comment-1162 Feel better soon, Lori. As for sick days, I have to be just about dying to take an entire day off, but if I’m feeling particularly bad, I’ll ease back on the workload. Really though, that’s not much different from how I did things when I worked for someone else.

]]> By: Devon Ellington https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html#comment-1161 Thu, 01 May 2008 18:09:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html/#comment-1161 I don’t deny myself, unless I’m already pressed on a deadline.

Even then, if it’s stomach flu, I’ll ask for an extension, explaining why.

I’m not getting as much done as I’d like because of these freaking construction workers, but that’s a whole different ball of wax!

Seriously, though, if I’m sick, I’m sick. I don’t work well when I’m sick. If there’s any way I can give myself the day to get well, knowing I’ll be more productive then, I do it.

]]> By: Marijke Durning https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html#comment-1160 Thu, 01 May 2008 18:01:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html/#comment-1160 It really depends. When I was rushed off to ICU for a possible heart attack – no. When I got home, I lasted only a couple of days without working but then I had to because I just couldn’t do it.

If I have a migraine or anything that might send me to my bed, I take my laptop with me and do the little things that need to be done but don’t require a lot of attention. that way, if I have to stop in the middle to be sick or to sleep, it’s ok, I can just pick up where I left off.

]]> By: Matthew C. Keegan https://wordsonpageblog.com/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html#comment-1159 Thu, 01 May 2008 17:28:00 +0000 http://loriwidmer.com/wordsonpage/index.php/2008/05/calling-in-sick-dont-you-want-to-craw.html/#comment-1159 I’ve worked through some tough sicknesses including a sinus infection (take a hot shower and irrigate your nose), but have stopped my work completely when I’ve had the flu.

If I’m too sick to work, I don’t. I immediately contact everyone to let them know about the delay and either arrange a new deadline or wait until I’m feeling better.

True sick days are a rarity, but when they come I take them without reservation.

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